Rabbi Mendel Yusewitz
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Fast daily Chumash, text by text.
Daily Chumash By Rabbi Mendel Yusewitz treats the weekly parsha as a close textual workout. Episodes move quickly through pesukim, Rashi, and dinim, especially the fine categories of tumah, taharah, tzaraas, korbanos, and the Mishkan service.
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Daily Chumash By Rabbi Mendel Yusewitz is a daily Torah study series for listeners who want the text handled closely and quickly. It stays near the page. The recent run through Tazria Metzora shows the format clearly: a pasuk is introduced, Rashi is brought in, and the legal case is tested until the rule becomes workable. The show spends time on categories that need exact borders. Childbirth tumah, dam toharah, tzaraas on ordinary skin, tzaraas from inflammation, tzaraas from burns, bald-head negaim, garment negaim, house negaim, zav, niddah, and purification offerings are all treated as structured sequences rather than broad themes. The emphasis is order. What happens after one week of quarantine. What changes after a second week. When the kain declares tumah or taharah. Which signs count in one type of nega but not in another. The explanations often turn on small differences: white hairs, healthy skin, expansion, color change, reddish-white appearance, or whether a lesion returns after stones are removed and the house is replastered. That precision gives the show its identity. It is not trying to make the parsha feel casual. It keeps the traditional vocabulary visible, then translates enough for the listener to keep moving. The same pattern appears in the episodes on korbanos, where the teaching follows the metzora's offerings, the poor person's alternate offerings, oil placement, birds, shaving, washing, and staged reentry into purity. Another overview episode steps back to summarize the seven inauguration days and the eighth day, tracing Moshe Rabbeinu, Aaron, the Mishkan service, korbanos, anointing oil, and the first regular avodah. Those summaries help when the details pile up. The show can be demanding. It rewards listeners who already tolerate Hebrew and halachic terminology, or who want to build that tolerance through repetition. Its strength is not polish, banter, or atmosphere. Its strength is compression: a steady, text-focused walkthrough that keeps asking what the extra phrase teaches, where the case begins, and what the din becomes at the next step.
Made for: For listeners who want serious daily Chumash and Rashi with the halachic mechanics left in place. It best fits people comfortable with Hebrew terms, rapid explanation, and close attention to the order of the pesukim.
What sets it apart: The show stands out for its compressed, case-by-case handling of difficult Torah passages. It keeps the technical vocabulary on the table while repeatedly restating the rule in plain English.
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Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Phrase-by-phrase Torah study turns Rashi's textual and legal distinctions into a closely guided listening practice.
Rabbi Mendel Yusewitz reads the weekly Torah portion at close range, moving through verses and Rashi's commentary phrase by phrase. Hebrew and Yiddish terminology is regularly paired with English translation, while each entry stays tied to a named parsha and day.
One pasuk becomes a legal flowchart if your ideal study partner refuses to hand-wave a single detail.
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Step-by-step Torah learning that makes house-negi'im feel procedural and clear.
A Torah class on tziras in houses and the dinim of Tumas Zav, organized around the halachic sequence instead of broad summary. It follows the order closely: when a nega is announced, why vessels are removed before the inspection, how the house is scraped and replastered, and…
A brisk close reading of childbirth purity and the opening logic of tzaraas.
The episode stays with childbirth purity and keeps its attention on the shift from the first seven days to dam tohar, then to the longer waiting periods after a boy or a girl.
A compact Torah pass through korbanos, means-based offerings, and atonement.
The piece is at its clearest when it keeps the means-based progression in view: a sheep or goat for one level, birds for the next, and then a plain mincha with no oil or levonah when there is less to bring.
A brisk Torah class that turns Vayikra's offering laws into a clear working map.
Vayikra opens with a close look at voluntary offerings, and this class stays tight to the passage as it moves from Moshe's call into the rules that sort out which animals count and which ones do not.
A brisk source reading class that turns the Mishkan's measures into meaning.
This Torah class stays close to the building work and the counting: the outside altar, the basin, the courtyard curtains, the coverings for the kelim on the road, and the exact silver, gold, and copper brought for the Mishkan.
Daily halacha, case by case.
Parsha questions carried into serious Torah argument.
History with the room still talking.
Daily Chumash By Rabbi Mendel Yusewitz, “Veschanon, Monday,” examines Moshe Rabbeinu’s warnings about remembering mitzvahs, avoiding idols, and preserving the memory of Mount Sinai.
This episode discusses the laws of ritual impurity (Tumah) related to seminal discharge (Zerah) and menstrual blood in the Torah portions Tazria and Metzora, focusing on purification processes and interpretations.
This episode moves through the laws of nigei batim and the rules of tumas zav.
This episode discusses the Torah portion Tazria Metzora, focusing on the purification process and sacrificial offerings for a person who cannot afford the standard requirements.
This episode discusses the Torah's detailed process for a person deemed a metzerah, including stages of quarantine, inspection of garments for color changes, and interpretations from Rashi.
This episode discusses the laws of tzaraas (skin lesions) as described in the Torah portions Tazria and Metzora, focusing on cases involving bald heads, clothing, and purification processes.
This episode discusses various types of tziras (skin conditions) in Jewish law, including tziras hashrin, tziras hamichva, and tziras ha-nasek, detailing their symptoms, diagnoses, and purification processes.
Rabbi Mendel Yusewitz teaches Parashat Tazria-Metzora, covering two sets of laws: ritual impurity following childbirth and the diagnosis of tzara'at (skin afflictions).
Rabbi Mendel Yusewitz provides an overview of the eight-day inauguration of the Tabernacle.
A daily text-based class on the weekly Torah portion, explaining the laws of kosher animals and the importance of following divine commandments.
Rabbi Mendel Yusewitz analyzes a biblical passage about the burning of a sin offering and Moses' inquiry to Aaron.
A detailed textual analysis of the daily Chumash portion, focusing on the laws of sacrificial offerings and the mourning of Aaron's sons.
A daily text-based class on the weekly Torah portion, explaining the laws of ritual impurity regarding clay vessels from the book of Leviticus.
A text-based class on the daily Chumash and Rashi, covering the story of Nadav and Avihu and the laws of priestly conduct.
A detailed textual analysis of the daily Torah portion, focusing on the sacrificial offerings and rituals described in Parashat Shemini.
This episode discusses the laws and details of the peace offering and thanks offering in the Torah, including the types of bread and the time limits for eating the offerings.
This episode explains the laws and details of various temple offerings (Karbanos) including the Minchas Chinuch, Minchas Chavitin, and the differences between sin offerings and guilt offerings.
A detailed textual analysis of the daily Torah portion, focusing on the mitzvah of removing ashes from the altar and related laws.
Rabbi Mendel Yusewitz delivers a detailed Torah study lesson on Parshat Vayikra, analyzing the laws of korban chatas (sin offerings based on financial means), asham me'ilis (guilt offering for misusing consecrated property), asham toloy (a 'hanging' guilt offering for uncertain transgressions), and asham gzeilis (guilt offering for financial wrongdoing including theft and denial of deposits).
A daily text-based class on the weekly Torah portion, explaining the laws of the chatas offering and the sliding scale of korbanot based on means.
A detailed textual analysis of the Torah portion discussing the laws of the sin offering (Karbon Ghatas) and its unique cases.
A detailed textual analysis of the daily Torah portion discussing voluntary offerings, including bird and meal offerings, with Rashi commentary.
Rabbi Mendel Yusewitz opens Chumash Vayikra — also called Toras Kohanim — by examining the first word 'Vayikra,' the loving call God used exclusively with Moses.
This episode discusses the completion of the Mishkan's garments and the setting up of the Tabernacle, with detailed explanation of the priestly robes.
A daily text-based class on the Chumash and Rashi commentary, focusing on the erection of the Mishkan and the inauguration of Aaron and his sons.
Rabbi Mendel Yusewitz teaches the daily Chumash and Rashi on Vayakhel Pekudei, focusing on the construction details of the Mishkan.
This episode covers the appointment of B'tzalel and Aliyev to oversee the construction of the Mishkan, with detailed translation and commentary on the relevant Chumash and Rashi verses.
Rabbi Mendel Yusewitz teaches the daily Chumash portion, focusing on Moshe's gathering of materials for the Mishkan and the laws of Shabbos.
A daily text-based class on the weekly Torah portion, translating and explaining Chumash and Rashi.
This episode analyzes the Torah portion Ki Tisa, focusing on the chronology of events including the giving of the tablets, the sin of the golden calf, and the construction of the Mishkan, with insights from Rashi.
This episode discusses the biblical portion Ki Tisa, focusing on the command to count the Israelites through half-shekel donations to avoid divine punishment and detailing related laws and preparations.
This episode covers the daily Chumash portion on Parshas Tetzaveh, detailing the consecration offerings and rituals involving Aaron and his sons.
A detailed textual analysis of the daily Torah portion, explaining the meaning of sacrificial offerings and their preparation.
A daily text-based class on the Chumash and Rashi, explaining the details of the priestly garments.
This episode explains the detailed construction of the breastplate (cheshen) in the Tetzave portion, focusing on its components like gold holders and braided cords.
This episode discusses the Torah portion Tetzave, focusing on the detailed instructions for preparing clear olive oil for lighting the Meneurah and the sanctification of Aaron HaKoyim's clothing.